by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at University of Iowa, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Iowa plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Iowa men’s baseball team carries 46 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 115. The most recent cohort included 118 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports Iowa sponsors, baseball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Rick Heller.
Across the school’s 17 sports, baseball ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa men’s baseball program generated $633,707 in revenue against $3,423,406 in expenses, a net loss of $2,789,699. That works out to about $21,522 in operating expense per athlete, or $990,009 per team.
Among the school’s 17 sports, baseball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, baseball trails the average at 981.
If Iowa places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.